S46-102-019 - STS-046 - OV-104's RMS grapples EURECA-1L & holds it in deployment postition above PLB

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Description: The European Retrievable Carrier 1L (EURECA-1L), grappled by the Remote Manipulator System (RMS) and effector, is positioned over the payload bay of Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, prior to deployment. EURECA-1L's solar arrays are being deployed. Below EURECA-1L, in the payload bay, is the Tethered Satellite System 1 (TSS-1) with the TSS-1 satellite stowed in the satellite support assembly (SSA) mounted on an unpressurized spacelab (SL) pallet. The vertical tail and the Orbital Maneuvering System (OMS) pods are visible. The entire surface is backdropped by a land mass and ocean on the Earth's surface below. Frame 021 was selected by the Public Affairs Office for release.

Subject Terms: STS-46, ATLANTIS (ORBITER), EURECA (ESA), PAYLOAD BAY, REMOTE MANIPULATOR SYSTEM, PAYLOAD DEPLOYMENT & RETRIEVAL SYSTEM, TETHERED SATELLITES, EARTH LIMB, SOLAR ARRAYS

Date Taken: 8/1/1992

Original: Film

Preservation File Format: TIFF

feat: NON-EARTHOBS

nlat: 28.5

nlon: 42.2

azi: 88

alt: 233

elev: 37

STS-46

ov rms eureca deployment postition deployment postition plb sts 46 atlantis nasa payload bay remote manipulator system public affairs space shuttle atlantis atlantis orbiter vehicle eureca 1 l satellite system orbital payload deployment retrieval system tss 1 satellite system atlantis satellite support sts 46 european retrievable carrier orbiter vehicle satellites solar arrays public affairs office earth from space space program

1992

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